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'Tis a Sad Thought
It is a sad thought, indeed
To see the rain fall upon a mother's
Glistening cheek like the tears she holds back
As her baby is starving in her arms
And all the others do are look on upon her
With judgement and disdain
For the cards she was dealt by
Miss Fortune's cruel hand
"'Tis sad", I think as I walk passed
But who shall stop and give their own
For one as poor as she?
"We all must look out for ourselves," most shall say
Not I, however
"For who shall give their own?" I think
As I walk through the rain back toward the woman
A battered soul with nobody there to shed
Money or comfort or food or love
It is sad to see one so helpless,
But sadder still to not be able to help
'Tis sad, indeed, to see all those
Too caught up in their own worlds
To realize that if they had fallen
They would want someone to help them
So I extend my hand with a smile gracing my lips
She looks into my eyes, clutching her child
"'Tis a sad thought, indeed," she moans,
"That no one shall help me while I am like this."
"Not I," I say
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This is actually based on something that happened when I was in New York about a year ago for my sixteenth birthday.